Friday, 14 October 2016

Unreality

Unreality

I must be mad that such intrusive thoughts my mind confound; or beit spirits and good wine thatrend a man spellbound? For Ifear that nothing here is whatit seems. The universe isbut a mirage full of dreams.

In truth there can be nothing realabout this place when all I seeis photons bouncing off some energyin space, just images displayedupon the atoms of a screen,whilst I am but a phantomin a shadow-weaver’s dream.

Yon lass with eyes that flash like Venuson a frosty night is nothingbut a flicker in the everpassing light. And you my friend arebut a mass of quarks and leptonsspinning crazy in their arcs.

These thoughts are but electrons ina proton-maze of nerves wherenothing can exist untila retina observes. When Idepart these sparks will cease toflash within my brain. Then all I amand was will ne’er be seen again.

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‘Who would poke a stick in the Balkans and risk startingWorld War III?’ Victor Strong asked his reflection in the mirror.

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Hasan Acar decides to abandon his final exams at Cardiff University and go in search of Meryem, his young sister, who has gone missing in the vastness of Turkey. He is heronly family. Their parents are dead.

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Pretty Flower soon finds that Happy House was indeed happycompared with what she has let herself in for.

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The Judas Consignment

The Judas Consignment is a tale of love and complex relationships set against a background of racial violence.

Danny has been set up for blackmail. These people want to use the radio station, where he is the under-manager, to home two ships onto each other in some kind of smuggling operation. If he does not comply he will die. Worse, his fiancé, Terry Ann, and Shona, the girl he rescued from the mysterious sexpredator, will also die.

Struggling to make sense of his predicament, he finds more questions than answers... What are they dragging him into? Who killed the guard and hijacked that consignment of rare whisky? What is the TLN? What are its aims? Where does this girl, Freya, fit in? Who is this guy Zitsar, who travelled from Ireland in a fishing boat? What is the nationality of the mysterious ship that Danny must contact? What are the cargoes that these peopleintend to exchange at sea? Why all the secrecy and threats?

Unwilling to take any more punishment, Danny goes on the attack. His actions lead him into a web of intrigue and collusion. Then, as he attempts to rain retribution on his tormentors and extricate himself and his friends from a tangle of racist violence, he finds that freedom comes at a terrible price.

About Me

So why do I call myself the Poet on a Hill?
Well I used to visualise myself walking the lanes of England with a rucksack on my back; sitting on hills; looking over the fields; swigging cans of beer; or taking a slug of whisky from a flask; scribbling poems on to a note-pad.
But life's not like that. I had to eat. That takes money. So I had to work.
However, in the end, my dream has come true. Because, you see, my work station is in this nice airy room in the attic. And my house is the highest on the estate. So I sit here looking out over rooftops and trees; over the Ely Valley and Vale of Glamorgan to where the little town of Llantrisant straddles a hill; with a backdrop of the hills of the Welsh Valleys; Cynon Taff and the mouth of Rhondda Cwm.
And that's a lesson I’ve learnt in life; visions and dreams often come true - but not necessarily in a way that you recognise. But, take stock, and maybe your wishes have materialised - without you realising it.